Today I'm upset - last night I was infuriated that a company that I had used to make a claim on unfair endownment advice had the nerve to charge me 34% of my payment from the company - especially when they did little else than some paper work. I was so angry. It wasn't a huge amount of money that I got but it was going to be enough to help pay all the bills that are coming up from purchase of our new home. How do these companies have the nerve to do such a thing ? It was probably my fault too for not reading the fine print - but I was still amazed that they could charge so much. My advice to any of you seeking compensation for a mis-sold endownment is to see an independant financial advise and always check out the costs.

My apologies for not writing sooner - (Thanks Chris!)
Yes yes I know I would be useless at keeping a diary - thats why I dont have one! I've not really had much to say apart from I have re-discovered ebay - and now I wish I hadn't as I have the bug!  I've been checking it everyday - relentlessly.  I've taken up a couple of new hobbies since I've moved to St Neots - one is making jewellery, I love making rings - white gold is my fave at the moment,  and now I'm looking at making some necklaces with beads and semi-precious stones.  And what does this have to do with ebay - well I've been checking it out for some cheap jewellery kits - and I found a lovely site called http://www.zenasoverthemoon.co.uk who sells her items on ebay.  I've just purchased a couple of kits and am now anxiously awaiting their arrival. 

I've also bought a portable sewing machine (which I'm scared of using in case it is a dud - I read some of the reviews from previous sales and I was quite shocked at the aggressive behaviour used when they made replies to customers about missing items - I thought I had been scammed!  But it did arrive and I was relieved),  a craft kit for children, a pink tiara kit and a CD.  I've also taken the first step in selling some items as I recently received 4 free SIM cards from a mobile phone company - and decided I didn't need them - hence they are on ebay awaiting to be bought!

I decided to get rid of some stuff (in order to pay for my increasing ebay habit) and I've spent the evening photographing old computer books - then I realised that it was going to cost a lot to post these books as they are very heavy - hmmmm.  I shall ebay them anyway and see what happens - but I will include the prices for posting these heavy items - it might put people off!  So what's left to sell - well lots really - my old hair straighteners are going in, old mobile phones - basically a clear out of the attic (and Drew would be estactic to hear that - as he says he's just not a "tat" person). 

Do Phoebe and I hoard clutter and cause chaos?  Being girls we most certainly do! Phoebe has a bedroom that would shock most parents - endless boxes of toys that havent been touched since we moved here in February.  There are 3 large toy boxes under her bed and she has a large table in her bedroom that is littered with magazines, toys and all sorts of kiddie trash! 

Watch out ebay - here we come!

How different my saturday turned out compared to the morning! Would you believe I ended up having my nose cautersied - that hurt - and it still hurts today! Boo Hoo. Well it's not too bad now but I still feel like I have a ton of cotton wool up my hooter and I ended up breathing through my mouth most of the night - hence the sore throat and furry tongue. Well I hope it helps stop my nose bleeds for good. What was even more bizarre that the consultant I saw here was the consultant I was booked in to see in Aberdeen - and to top it all off if I had stayed in Aberdeen my appointment wasn't until January 2005 - can you believe that? I got to see the same consultant in Hinchingbrook hospital on a Saturday afternoon 3rd July 2004 - so cool! so for the next six months I have to go for allergy testing which is a bit worrying incase they discover that I am allergic to cats - as I have one lovely ginger kitty just waiting to join us in August sometime when we move into our new home. I will be so gutted if I was - I love my old fat fluffy kitty - mind you I could always get one of those bald cats!

Oh no I couldn't sleep last night because I was scared. I watched a horror movie called Dead End with a friend of mine, I spent the entire film armed with a pillow to protect me from the nasty ghost. Very spooky film - I do recommend watching it but you must come armed with some friends, all the lights switched on and pillow for protection. Well another surprise came for me in the post today - I won another prize - this time 2 cinema tickets to see Jersey Girl - I have no idea what this film is about so I shall sign off and have a look on t'internet.
ciao huns!

Yawn - I'm soo tireeeddd today. Yesterday I spent the entire day in a little plastic boat (sorry Pico Laser) being battered about like a rubber frog in a tin can. The day started good - we got a little briefing on how to put the boat together, how to tack (for you land-lubbers this means turing the boat towards the wind)- but there was a lot of technical stuff to take in at the same time. After a little sailing close to the shore we were then let loose on the open seas (sorry lake), the sky got greyer, the wind got stronger and we were all wizing about like mad - Simon look very professional as he was leaning out of his boat most of the time. I was a little slow and decided it was safer for me to keep my body inside the boat rather than risk getting a soaking. As it turned out I got a soaking more than once - infact 3 times as my boat decided it would rather dunk me in the water than sail me back to shore. Ho Hum I even managed a 360 degree turn in the darn thing - before our nice instructor Graham flew over in his powered boat and dragged my little sad pico and cold me to shore.

It was a very enjoyable day and I'm sure my dad would be proud of me - so I must phone him tonight and have a gossip about boats! Tally ho ship mates!